Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Benson, A.
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Biography for A. Benson, Bureau County, Illinois

A. Benson, Arispe, who is one of Bureau County's self-made and 
prosperous farmers, was born February 27, 1823, in Douglass, Mass.  His 
father, Alanson Benson, Sr., was born in 1783 in Massachusetts.  He came 
to this county in 1839, and settled on Section 21, in Arispe Township, 
and died here in 1857.  His mother, Lucina (Lapham) Benson, was born 
April 25, 1792, in Burrilville, R. I.  She died here in 1853.  She was 
the mother of nine children, viz.:  Mrs. Maria Blake, Rufus, Mrs. Sarah 
Sherman, Mrs. Henrietta Woodford, Alanson, Elias T., Mrs. Mary A. 
Culver, Mrs. Lucina Allen and Darius Benson.  The Benson family is of 
Scotch and English descent, and the grandparents of our subject were 
Aaron and Lydia (Bairbanks) Benson, natives of Massachusetts.  The 
former was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his ancestors were 
among the pioneers of New England.  Our subject was educated in his 
native State and this county.  Here he commenced to farm with eighty 
acres, but at present owns 1, 500 acres of land in this county, also a 
farm of 400 acres of land in Iowa, and an interest in a cattle ranch in 
Montana.  Mr. Benson was married here February 27, 1851, to Sarah Loop, 
who was born November 3, 1828, in St. Lawrence County, N. Y.  Mrs. 
Benson is the mother of the following children:  Alanson, who was born 
March 31, 1858; he died in his early manhood March 9, 1876; Clara P., 
wife of James M. Gardner; Lucina and Lora Benson.  Financially, Mr. 
Benson's life has been a grand success.  Religiously, he and wife are 
members of the Baptist Church.  Politically he is a Republican, and has 
been Supervisor for two years.

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